Tornado in DICKENS, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 16:10:00 to 12-JUN-05 16:15:00 (CST)
Location: MC ADOO
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Public report of a tornado in open country.

Tornado in KENT, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 17:55:00 to 12-JUN-05 17:58:00 (CST)
Location: CLAIREMONT
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

NWS meteorologist report of a tornado on the ground for around three minutes.

Tornado in KENT, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 18:05:00 to 12-JUN-05 18:08:00 (CST)
Location: CLAIREMONT
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: STORM CHASER

University of Oklahoma Graduate Student and Storm Chasers report of a tornado.

Tornado in KENT, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 17:04:00 to 12-JUN-05 17:30:00 (CST)
Location: CLAIREMONT
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 150K
Crop damage: 15K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

The National Weather Service in Lubbock, TX conducted a damage survey in Kent County, approximately 8 miles to the northeast of Clairemont.  In collaboration with the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, CO and Texas Tech University meteorologists assessing the tornadoes across the county with Doppler-On-Wheels (DOW) data, a better understanding of the wind fields and tornado timing was achieved.  The area of assessed damage was bounded by a triangle comprised of FM2320 to the south, FM1228 to the east, and CR112 to the west.  There was a damage path characterized by tree damage across the zone.  The path of the damage was oriented from a northeast-east to southwest-west direction.  DOW data confirmed the large, wedge tornado initially propagated to the east and northeast, became nearly stationary, then rotate southward around the west side of the parent mesocyclone.  The tornado moved to the southwest, then south and crossed FM1228 from the north/northeast to the south/southwest.  The path of the tornado was between 0.6 to 0.7 miles wide.  In assessing the damage, a circulatory patter was evident in a wheat field owned by a private farmer, with all of the wheat laying down to the south.  Along this quadrant of the circulation, large farm equipment (tractors and cotton trailers) were tossed and mangled.  An 80,000 lb box car was shaken by the tornado and the associated strong wind but was not moved from its location, however the contents inside were disturbed.  The farm vehicles were tossed briefly a few times as there were scar marks and impact marks in the field as the equipment was blown to the south.  The front-end of one tractor was snapped off after the second impact with the ground, as the vehicle was likely too heavy to remain airborne and was dragged and rolled by the tornadic wind and circulation.  On the east side of the circulation, there were tree branches not grown in that immediate area that were stripped clean of bark.  A cotton trailer (lighter than the other equipment) was lifted from its original location and was tossed to the north and mangled upon impact.  The equipment was tossed approximately 3/10 of a mile within the circulation.  It was evident from the damage pattern and debris, the circulation was multi-vortex in nature.  The DOW measured wind speeds ranging from 45, 65 and 90 meters per second at various stages of the tornado life cycle at heights between 3 and 50 meters above ground level.

Tornado in CROSBY, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 16:09:00 to 12-JUN-05 16:12:00 (CST)
Location: CROSBYTON
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: STORM CHASER

Storm Chaser report of a tornado which persisted on the ground for three minutes.

Tornado in KENT, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 18:07:00 to 12-JUN-05 18:14:00 (CST)
Location: CLAIREMONT
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

NWS meteorologist and University of Oklahoma Graduate Student and Storm Chasers report of a tornado.

Tornado in KENT, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 18:16:00 to 12-JUN-05 18:21:00 (CST)
Location: CLAIREMONT
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

NWS meteorologist and University of Oklahoma Graduate Student and Storm Chasers report of a tornado.

Tornado in KENT, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 17:33:00 to 12-JUN-05 17:35:00 (CST)
Location: CLAIREMONT
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: STORM CHASER

University of Oklahoma Graduate Student and Storm Chasers report of a tornado.

Tornado in KENT, TEXAS
From 12-JUN-05 17:39:00 to 12-JUN-05 17:44:00 (CST)
Location: CLAIREMONT
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: STORM CHASER

University of Oklahoma Graduate Student and Storm Chasers report of a tornado.